(La Porte, IN) - Daycare will be provided at the new La Porte School Corporation Districtwide Early Learning Center next school year.

 

Supt. Dr. Sandra Wood informed the school board this week that talks are happening with an outside daycare provider who would work at the early learning center under contract.

 

“One of the key components to the childhood center that we are planning is that it will offer daycare in conjunction with pre-school so families that work have an opportunity to be able to drop off children for pre-school and have the child care component built right in,” she said.

 

Wood said she hopes to have a contract worked out with the provider for the school board to take action on next month.

 

The new districtwide early learning center will be housed at Lincoln Elementary School, which is closing at the end of the current school year.

 

Wood noted, there will be no bus transportation provided to a vast majority of the pre-school children. However, an exception could be made for special education students due to the additional strain it could place on the transportation system, which is already struggling to maintain enough bus drivers.